[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ONE BILLION GUN RECORDS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
Illinois (Mrs. Miller) for 5 minutes.
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Speaker, the Biden administration is
engaged in an assault on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding
citizens.
It was recently discovered that the Biden administration has been
maintaining nearly 1 billion records on gun sales. My colleagues and I
sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives demanding answers about this registry. The ATF must be held
accountable.
Federal law prohibits the Biden administration from maintaining a
database of 1 billion gun records.
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What makes this more outrageous, this unconstitutional behavior of
the Biden administration, is that, at the same time, they are
continuing to empower Mexican cartels, criminal cartels who are
transporting weapons across the border while threatening the rights of
law-abiding Americans.
Lawful gun owners are rightfully concerned, and it is up to Congress
to investigate further. President Biden and the Democrats want to
defund the police, take away your Second Amendment right to self-
defense, and then watch as crime skyrockets across the country,
including in cities like Chicago.
I will continue to stand up for our Second Amendment. As long as I am
here in Congress, every day I will fight for our constitutional rights,
including our Second Amendment.
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